Heliocentrism is an astronomical model that places the Sun at the center of the Solar System with all the planets, including Earth, revolving around it. Early civilizations believed in the Ptolemaic model of the Solar System. This model theorized that Earth was the center of the universe and that all planetary objects revolved around it. This belief was called Geocentricism. In the 16th century, Renaissance mathematician Nicolaus Copernicus came up with his ingenious theory of Heliocentrism. Copernicus became the first person to state this model in public. However, it led to the Catholic Church denouncing his theory and accusing him of committing blasphemy. The church strongly believed in the concept of Geocentricism, and considered Copernicus’s theory a violation against nature. People considered his beliefs absurd, as he did not have any proof to back his theory. It was in the 18th century when astronomers William Herschel and Friedrich Bessel confirmed that the Sun was in fact the center of the solar system. Which word in the passage helps the reader understand the meaning of the word blasphemy?

astronomical

theory

violation

absurd

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

i would say the correct answer is not concrete.

where is the poem at?